Dec 3

I got transferred. Dang it. 

Alright, I guess it's not all THAT bad. I mean, I'm super excited to go see my new area and meet all the new missionaries and such and the like, it's just that every time you get transferred you leave a little piece of you behind. It's like leaving your family. Again. :P I had a hundred and two good reasons to stay in Chicoutimi, but The Lord had even more good reasons for me to leave, and if I've learned anything in my life it's that He knows what He's talking about. ; ) So. Leave I will.

I'm being transferred to longeuil (lon goy), which is the area with the temple in it! That'll be pretty cool, having the temple in my backyard. :) I'll be a district leader again, and in my district I'll have the Zone Leaders, and the Sisters. So I'll be a district leader with significantly fewer responsibilities. I'm looking forward to the break. :) My new companion is named Elder Williams, and he is fresh out of being trained, so I'll still have a large dose of Greenie Fire with me. :) That means that I leave Chicoutimi Tuesday afternoon and take a bus to Montréal Wednesday morning. Don't worry, there's good news too! My trainer, Elder McLean, is going home this week, but I'll get to see him at Transfers since I'm going to Montréal! So I get to go say goodbye to him. Also, my MTC companion and dear friend Elder Bangerter will be in my zone! He's a district Leader in an area called Sherbrooke, so I'll be working with him often. :)

Elder Thia is staying in Chicoutimi and getting a companion that took the plane here with him, so this area will have a couple of youngsters running around causing mayhem. Elder Thia's an amazing missionary though, so it'll be good. :) 

Alright, my week. This week was surprisingly.... Normal. We didn't have splits, for once in my life, so both of us stayed here in Chicoutimi all week long. It was nice. We didn't have a ton of time to go out knocking, since we found so many new people last week, so mostly we spent our entire week trying to keep people from slipping through the cracks. On Monday we made a list of twenty five families varying from one to five people each that had said we could come back and see them again over the course of this transfer, that we've never been back to see a second time, and we started going down the list. We got through most of them, there were only four that we didn't manage to contact this week. A lot of them weren't actually interested, but we had a few that were pretty legitimate. Elder Thia's really excited to go back and teach them. 

Let's see, as for something spiritual, lets talk about change.

A piece of wisdom from our wonderful assistants, and my dear friends, Elders Teuira and Bagnall.

"We live in a time of change. All around us, things are changing. From the people we know, to the place we live, to the season we're in, the world is constantly shifting and adjusting.Change can be hard, but some things will never change regardless of where we are or how cold it is outside. The gospel will always be true. Our purpose will still be the same. Our capacity for joy in the work will still be limitless."

It's sort of tailored for missionaries, but I still think it's great. No matter what happens in life, how much things change, how hard things get, the gospel will still be true. It will still bless our lives, and we will still have a loving Father in Heaven to guide and protect us.

I love you all! Have a great week!

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Elder Christensen